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Mentor Training (July 2018)

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DATE:  July 24, 2018

TIME:  9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

LOCATION:  WRESA

REGISTRATION FEE:  $45

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  July 16, 2018

Maintaining a supportive and nurturing environment is KEY to the recruitment and retention of beginning teachers.  State Board Policy LICN-004 ensures that every beginning teacher is guaranteed the support of a mentor trained on the North Carolina Mentor Standards.  Join us to become a trained mentor! Amy Laughter, Regional Education Facilitator, will be conducting this one-day training.  For more information, contact Amy at amlaughter@hcpsnc.org.

Contact Hours: 5

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Reconnect for Resilience (RFR)

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DATE:  June 20-21, 2018

TIME:  8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Location: WCU at Biltmore Park

Registration Fee: $95

Registration Deadline:  6/11/18

Reconnect for Resilience (RFR): A two-day trauma informed, skills-based approach, was developed as a response to the public health crisis of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES).  Drawing from concepts taught in other somatic modalities such as Somatic Experiencing (SE) and the Community Resiliency Model (CRM).  Reconnect for Resilience offers participants a set of practical strategies to promote balance and well-being in the face of stress or trauma.

Schools and communities are becoming increasingly aware that emotional dysregulation among their members negatively impacts their ability to be resilient and to thrive. As a trauma informed curriculum, we teach how both acute and relational stress and trauma can throw the nervous system out of balance, and we offer simple, easy to learn and to teach tools to support our children, parents and community.

For more information, contact April Spencer at aspencer@wresa.org or 828.774.5681, ext. 20.  Contact Hours: 12  

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Ralph Fletcher: Fine Tuning the Writing Workshop – Grades 2-8

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AUDIENCE: Teachers Grades 2-8

DATE: September 20, 2018

TIME: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

LOCATION: Asheville Event Center

REGISTRATION FEE: $85 Non-Refundable

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 10, 2018

Running a writing workshop seems like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. Ralph Fletcher will break it down into manageable parts. This intensive one-day workshop will explore crucial issues in the writing classroom:

Essentials & Non-negotiables

How Mentor Texts Lift Student Writing

Rekindling the Joy in the Writing Classroom

Helping Students Write Non-formulaic Nonfiction

Engaging Boy Writers

Ralph Fletcher is a mentor to teachers and young writers everywhere. He is the author of more than 20 books. His newest book, The Writing Teacher’s Companion, offers a step-by-step guidance for supporting young writers. Ralph frequently works with young writers in schools and speaks at education conferences in the US, and abroad, helping teachers find wiser ways of teaching writing. If you have questions contact Candie Sellers at csellers@wresa.org or 828.774.5681, ext.26. Contact Hours 5

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Challenges Facing Our Schools: Anxiety, Depression, and the Disconnection of Our Youth

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Challenges Facing Our Schools: Anxiety, Depression, and the Disconnection of Our Youth…Using Growth Mindset to Create a Context of Insight, Accountability and Healing

DATES:  September 10-11, 2018

TIME:  9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

LOCATION:  Asheville Event Center

REGISTRATION FEE: $95

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  September 7, 2018

This two-day workshop with Kaye Randall is in response to the positive feedback from her Mental Health Challenges workshop last spring. We will look at the context within which our children are living today…a context of disconnection, fear, anxiety, and blame. Often we address mental and behavioral health issues from a divisive, fearful, punitive or overly unhelpful approach which can increase the feelings of loneliness, anger or disconnection, and can lead to severe emotional, behavioral and mental health problems.

Participants will learn individual, classroom and schoolwide strategies that will support identification, insight, understanding and compassion for all youth, and will have important tools in helping staff and students learn social and emotional skill sets that will help them be more in control of and responsible for their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. We will explore innovative strategies and solutions in helping to identify and help youth at risk.  Kaye Randall, MSW, LISW-CP, is a clinical therapist, author and speaker. She is co-owner and director of Turning Point Counseling in West Columbia, South Carolina.  She is the co-author of See My Pain: Creative Strategies for Helping Young People Who Self-Injure, Mean Girls: 101 ½ Strategies for Working with Relational Aggression, and 102 Strategies and Activities in Working with Depressed Children and Adolescents.  Contact Hours: 10

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Must Dos for Administrators

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Date: July 18, 2019

Time: 9 am – 3 pm

Location: WRESA  

Audience:  K-12 (New Administrators and Assistant Principals)

Registration Fee: $45

Registration Deadline:  July 8, 2019

 

Being a school administrator has its challenges to say the least. The job description is broad. An administrator handles virtually everything related to students, teachers, parents and everything in between. During all this the administrator is also the instructional leader. This one-day workshop offers 10 Must Dos to be an effective school administrator. Our WRESA staff member, Candie Sellers will lead this this workshop. She has over 30 years’ experience as a teacher, principal and central office administrator.  If you have questions, contact Candie Sellers at csellers@wresa.org or 828.774.5681, ext. 26. Contact Hours: 5

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Math Subtest Boot Camp – (May 2018)

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AUDIENCE: Educators Needing A Review Prior to Taking the Pearson Math  Subtest

DATE: Saturday, May 5, 2018  

TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

LOCATION: WRESA -10 C Yorkshire Street, Lower Level, Asheville, NC

REGISTRATION FEE: $45

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 30, 2018

Need a refresher prior to taking the Pearson Mathematics Subtest, required for NC licensure?  This day is designed just for you!  We will review subject matter for the test, as well as test-taking tips to help you be successful.  This session will be led by Amy Laughter, Regional Education Facilitator for DPI and a former high school math teacher.  If you have questions, contact Candie Sellers at csellers@wresa.org or at 828.774.5681, ext. 26. Contact Hours: 5

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Documents from the 2018 STEM Tech Conference

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GBL Presentation @ NCCAT_Campana

GBL Games WCU NCCAT_Campana

Digital Storytelling with Sway_Barron

WRESA Making Science Relevant with Labdisc_Barron

Supporting STEM in Science NCCAT

How Technology is Changing Students Brains_carbaugh_breakout_handout2

X Marks the Spot: WRESA STEM

            Math – Science – ELA Screenshot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:  Two additional files were sent to participants via email.

 

 

Postponed: STEM Conference 2020

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“Over the Moon for STEM”

Date:           March 27, 2020  Postponed
Time:          9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location:   NCCAT, Cullowhee NC
Registration: 8:15-9:00 a.m.
Keynote Speaker:  Victoria Pidgeon Andrews

Victoria Pidgeon Andrews, recently retired, served as NASA’s first Deputy Planetary Defense Officer at the NASA Planetary Defense Program office in Washington, D.C. “Planetary Defense” refers to detecting, tracking and characterizing space objects such as asteroids and comets that come close to Earth, and more recently, to developing approaches to prevent potential asteroid impacts from occurring. Ms. Andrews led the Nation’s intergovernmental policy, planning, and cooperation efforts for planetary defense. She holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of North Carolina and a master’s degree in science and technology policy from Virginia ‘Tech. She has worked on flight-system and instrument-development projects for NASA’s human exploration and Mars exploration programs. From 2005-2010 she was the Program Executive for the LCROSS mission, notable for confirming the presence of water ice on the Moon. After leading an asteroid utilization study for NASA in 2010, she became passionate about understanding, managing, and explaining the risk posed by near-Earth asteroids. Prior to retirement, Ms. Andrews co-chaired the NASA-FEMA Planetary Impact Emergency Response Working Group and served as Executive Secretary of the White House National Science and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Space Weather, Security, and Hazards. Ms. Andrews is an avid fan of science fiction film and literature and possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of the genre.

Fun and informative break-out sessions:

“WHY THE MOON LOOKS LIKE IT DOES”-   BY OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER: VICTORIA P. ANDREWS

“DESTINATION SPACE: SATELLITE PROGRAM FOR  AEROSPACE-CENTERED EDUCATION”

“ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES: LUNARTICS & SUN, STARS, AND PLANETS…. OH MY!”

(INFLATABLE PLANETARIUM)

“SALAMANDER SURVIVAL ON SUNUP KNOB”

“DRONES IN EDUCATION”

“HOW STUDENTS FIND THEIR STEM PATH”

“BUILD A MICROSCOPE AND TAKE IT HOME”   (GRADES 2-6)

“HOW PEOPLE LEARN: A CONVERSATION EXPLORING THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING”

Contact: csellers@wresa.org for more info!

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Vacancy for WRESA Administrative Assistant

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Western Region Education Service Alliance Administrative Assistant

Job Goals: Provide assistance and support for WRESA consultants and be initial point of contact for WRESA clients.

Qualifications:

  • Associates Degree Required
  • 3 – 5 years professional office environment experience preferred

Performance Responsibilities:

  • Answering phones
  • Greeting clients
  • Scheduling appointments and meeting spaces
  • Maintaining the online schedule/calendar for office staff
  • Assisting staff with sessions
  • Database registration creation
  • Maintaining the office vehicle
  • Check and respond to emails
  • Distribute mail
  • Prepare and submit weekly deposits to office manager
  • Maintain current distribution lists
  • Editing WRESA Update
  • Other areas as determined

Skills and Attributes:

  • Friendly and enjoys interaction with others
  • Communication skills to handle calls and visitors
  • Organized
  • Professional and responsible
  • Strong Initiative
  • Team player
  • Excellent computer database skills including but not limited to: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Google applications
  • Flexible
  • Ability to work with office equipment such as copiers, scanners, postage meter, etc.
  • Some understanding of the K-12 environment preferred

 

Terms of Employment:

Salary to be determined based upon qualifications and experience.  This position will be a twelve month, five day a week 8:00am – 4:00pm position beginning February 26, 2018.  Range: $27,500 – $31,000.  Salary plus benefits to be determined based upon individual.

Application Instructions:  Complete the online process at wresa.org.  Please contact jwebster@wresa.org or 828-774-5681 regarding questions.

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Online Book Study: Using Your Own Informational Texts to Engage Students – Grades 6-12

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Date:  Begins March 18 and ends May 1, 2019

Registration Fee:  $45 (Purchase of book required)

 

 

This course will incorporate several literacy strategies for using informational text to increase reading proficiency that all 6-12 grade teachers can use to get every kid thinking. You will be implementing the strategies that are discussed in the book. The course will be based on Kyleene Beers and Robert Probst’s book Reading Nonfiction: Notice and Note Stances, Signposts and Strategies. You will be required to purchase the book before the class begins. This could fulfill the literacy requirement. You will be expected to use these strategies in your classrooms. If you have questions, please contact April Spencer at aspencer@wresa.org, 828.774.5681, ext. 20.  Contact Hours 20.

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